16 IPS officers transferred

RANCHI: The state government on Tuesday transferred and 16 IPS officers. According to a notification issued by the home department, Prashant Singh has been appointed as IG of Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP). Till now, he was IG training. DIG Umesh Kumar Singh has been promoted as IG training. DIG ( Bokaro) Laxman Prasad Singh has been appointed as DIG JAP. He will be replaced by D B Sharma. Special branch SP P K Karan has been appointed as superintendet of railway police at Dhanbad.

Speical secretary of home department Sadanand Sahay said B S Tuti has been appointed as SP special task force. SP (traffic) Ranchi C Prasad has been posted as SP technical service and communication. He will be replaced by Rajiv Ranjan Prasad. SP Gumla Jatin Narwal has been posted in the same capacity at special branch. He will be replaced by Rakesh Bansal.